[Hook: Madcap whirling male punk singer, loud, madcap, shouted, accordion racing] No reverse, only straight on through Uncle's van don't know how to undo Dead end? Dead wrong, we're coming at you No reverse, only straight on through [Verse 1: Madcap whirling male punk singer, madcap, fast, breathless] Tío Ramón gave me the keys on a string Said the radio works but it only plays one thing Said the brakes are a rumor and the horn is a goat And the reverse gear died in the year that you were born Said you don't need backward if you plan it all ahead I said Tío, I don't plan, and he went back to bed Saturday morning, got a list from my aunt Turned left on a street and the street said I can't [Hook: Madcap whirling male punk singer, loud, madcap, shouted, accordion racing] No reverse, only straight on through Uncle's van don't know how to undo Dead end? Dead wrong, we're coming at you No reverse, only straight on through [Verse 2: Madcap whirling male punk singer, madcap, faster] Dead end street with a fence and a tent Quinceañera in a yard and the whole block went Fence on the left and a wall on the right And a lady with a cake looking at my headlights Tried to turn around in a three point turn Van just laughed with a shake and a burn Only way is forward, so forward we go Through the tent and the table and the speaker show [Bridge: Madcap whirling male punk singer, loop around the plaza, accordion faster every lap] Out the other side and the plaza's in sight Round the fountain once with the tent on the right Round the fountain twice with the speakers on the roof Round the fountain three, now the whole party's proof Grandmas on the bumper, uncles on the hood Birthday girl is waving and it's all understood Can't back out, can't slow down, can't undo Only way to go is straight on through [Verse 3: Madcap whirling male punk singer, madcap, shouting over the band] Pull up at the house with forty people on top Tío at the window and his coffee cup drop Aunt says where's the milk and I say I got a band Got a cake on the dash and a speaker in my hand Tío starts laughing and he climbs on the roof Says I told you, nephew, now you got the proof Never had a reverse and I never had a doubt Way in was the party and the party's the way out [Hook: Madcap whirling male punk singer, loud, madcap, shouted, accordion racing] No reverse, only straight on through Uncle's van don't know how to undo Dead end? Dead wrong, we're coming at you No reverse, only straight on through [Outro: Madcap whirling male punk singer, laughing, accordion rings out and fades] Straight on through Somebody get the milk [End]